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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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1. A type of derived score such that the distribution of these scores for a specified population has convenient known values for the mean and standard deviation.






2. Understanding of the internal linguistic structure of words






3. Ability to think reason and solve problems. Skills are usually measured by an individual test of intelligence/IQ test. Requires being able to generalize from past experience and use that knowledge to respond to new situations.






4. Multiple Viewpoints - Analyze text critically - understand multiple point of view

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5. Two adjacent letters repressing a single consonant sound






6. Given normal hearing - the ability to understand spoken language in a meaningful way.






7. Wechsler Individual Achievement Test






8. Take frequent study breaks - move around to learn new things - work at a standing position - chew gum while standing - listen to music while studying - skim material first then read in detail






9. The ability to translate print to speech with rapidity and automaticity that allows the reader to focus on meaning.






10. Vowel - consonant - e syllable






11. A morpheme attached to the end of a word that creates a word with a different form or use. Suffixes include inflected forms indicating tense - number - person and comparatives.






12. Vocabulary stressed the events of daily life - Common - everyday - down to earth words - Most are one syllable words






13. The percentile score on - for example - a test is the score that represents the percent of other scores to or lower than is. If a student performs in the 85% of his or her class - it means the 85% of the other scores of students who also took the tes






14. Two vowels standing adjacent in the same syllable whose sounds blend smoothly together in one syllable. There are only four diphthongs in English. These are ou/out - ow/cow - oi/oil - oy - boy






15. Set of principles that dictate the sequence and function of words in a sentence in order to convey meaning - must include grammar - sentence types - and mechanics of language






16. Academic Language Therapy Association






17. The ability to organize thoughts and express them verbally to convey meaning to others






18. Is one that provides for translating test scores into a statement about the behavior to be expected of a person with that score or their relationship to a specified subject matter. Most tests and quizzes written by school teachers are criterion-refer






19. Taught visual to auditory - Taught auditory to visual - Students should also master blending of sounds into words and as well segmenting whole words into individual sounds.






20. Attempt - Failure - Frustration - Avoidance - Lack of Practice - No improvement - Loss of esteem - loss of motivation = THIS






21. Stress or emphasis on one syllable in a word or on one or more words in a phrase or sentence. The accented part is spoken louder - longer - and/or in a higher tone. The speaker's mouth opens wider while saying an accented syllable.






22. A student with mastery can utilize the information successfully - but may struggle or need to call upon learning strategies to do so.






23. Developmental Auditory Impercepion - Dysphasia - Specific Developmental Dyslexia - Developmental Dysgraphia - Developmental Spelling Disability






24. 1887 - ophthalmologist - introduced the term dyslexia






25. Whole language. Founder of Whole language concept






26. The curved diacritical mark above a vowel in a sound picture or phonic/dictionary symbol notation that indicates a short sound in a closed syllable in which at least one consonant comes after the vowel in the same syllable.






27. A standardized test designed to efficiently measure the amount of knowledge and/or skill a person has acquired - usually as a result of classroom instruction. Such testing produces a statistical profile used as a measurement to evaluate student learn






28. A letter or a group of letters attached to the beginning or ending of a base word or root that creates a derivative with a meaning or grammatical form that is different that the base word or root.






29. The number of words which a reader can translate meaningfully in a given period of time






30. Study of how morphemes are combined into words - must include study of base words - roots - and affixes






31. International Multisensory Structured Education Council






32. Whole language - Drop Everythng and read - evaluation through miscues - founds of whole language






33. A spoken or written unit that must have a vowel sound and that may include consonants that precede or follow that vowel. Syllables are units of sound made by one impulse of voice.






34. Was a major change in the pronunciation of the English language that took place in England between 1350 and 1500.[1] This was first studied by Otto Jespersen (1860-1943) - a Danish linguist and Anglicist - who coined the term. Because English spellin






35. Participate in classroom discussions - make speeches/presentations - use tape records during lectures - read text out loud - create musical jingles - create mnemonics to aid memorization - discuss ideas verbally






36. Construction and Reconstruction - Construct understanding based on analysis and synthesis.

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37. Inferential learning of a concept cannot be take for granted! Never assume!






38. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder






39. Nationally known for research on both the prevention and remediation of reading difficulties in young children as well as work on assessment of phonological awareness and reading






40. Reading can be learned as naturally as speaking - reading is focused on constructing meaning from texts using children's books rather than basal or controlled readers - reading is best learned in the context of the group - phonics is taught indirectl






41. Statistical measure of the degree of dispersion in distribution of scores. Measures spread of a set of data around mean of the data. The more widely the values are spread out - the larger the standard deviation.






42. Changes in curriculum - supplementary aides or equipment - and provision of specialized facilities that allow students to participate in educational environment to fullest extent possible.






43. A test in which the results can be used to determine a student's progress toward mastery of a content area. performance is compared to an expected level of mastery in a content area rather that to other student's scores. Such tests usually include qu






44. Initial Reading - Letters represent sounds - sound-spelling relationships

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45. Most soundly supported by research for effective instruction in beginning reading - Must be explicitly taught - Must be systematically organized and sequenced - Must include learning how to blend sounds together






46. Effective for special needs - Uses all possible senses - tracing - saying - listening - looking - Typically called VAKT - Visual - Auditory - Kinesthetic - Tactile - Can be used with either Phonics or Whole Language






47. A word made from a base word by the addition of one or more affixes






48. A score that combines several scores according to a specified formula.






49. State Board of Education Rule - District Board of Trustees must make sure dyslexia procedures are given to the district. - District must use SBOE approved strategies for screening and treating dyslexia






50. Response to Intervention - a multi-step or tiered approach to providing services and interventions at increasing intensity to students or an entire class.